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J1c dominates across Europe. The clustering here suggests multiple waves of J migrations from different directions. Note Eastern/Western Europe is clustered separately from Central and Mediterranean J is most similar to Asian.

Have a look at FTDNA surname projects at https://www.familytreedna.com/group-project-search

“Here, we confirm a significant genetic affinity to Villabruna-like ancestry in pre-LGM Gravettian-associated individuals from central Europe but not (or to a much lesser extent) to Natufian-like ancestry. Of note, MLZ is one of the oldest individuals who shows a positive attraction to both...

“Our results confirm that part of the IUP ancestry present in Bacho Kiro and Tianyuan also survived in Southern Iberia MLZ until 23 cal kyr BP, ~12,000 yr later than the Aurignacian-associated Goyet Q116-1, the youngest previously known individual with traces of this ancestry. Initially, this...

Your Y DNA comes strictry from the paternal line - your father’s father’s father etc. If the 25% Irish is a paternal grandfather, that’s where all of the Y comes from. The only way to find out where you place is to take a test. There are tests of varying cost and accuracy. An alternative is to...

Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87674-1 Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in...

There are conditions when grasses thrive and grains fail, like very rainy harvest times that cause the grain to sprout or not stand up any more. Or hot and dry summers when the grain doesn’t grow. Grasses are much more resilient and I’m guessing haymaking was discovered in the higher latitudes...

The way the authors described LP spread, makes you think there were times when only milk drinkers survived. Milk is also a fluid source, useful when drinking water is not available or is contaminated. The more processed the product becomes, the more water it tends to lose. I guess this explains...

Here is a map of contemporaneous sites with similar features, from https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/08/the-current-distribution-of-sites-with-t-shaped-pillars/.

It seems there are only a few pillars with many animals, two feature very prominently and P43 (below) specifically has captured the imagination of many amateur researchers. It also shows how the pillars have been relocated, as part of the image is inside a wall. Others are much simpler...

The above image is not from GT, I presume? The GT enclosures interestingly each have a dominating species. In Enclosure A snakes are the dominating species, in Enclosure B foxes are frequent, in Enclosure C many boars are represented, while Enclosure D is more varied, with birds playing an...

Cereals were mostly consumed as a porridge when pottery became available, not sure about pre-pottery times. Lots of grinding stones were found at GT. These were the tubs found: See...

This is what the current project coordinator thinks about the temple idea: ”Turning to the interpretation of the site, I have always stressed that the proposed function of Göbeklitepe as a “temple” is highly problematic. As it stands, this term would presuppose, for example, the existence of...

The big structures are dated PPNA and built directiy on bedrock, there is nothing underneath. Likewise for some smaller buildings, which do have later building phases as well. The whole site is only partially excavated, though.

The Visigoth connection seems plausible. I-Z63 has been found in other medieval contexts related to Goths and Lombards. Facebook has active groups both for I1 and Z63, you’ll meet other Iberian and Caribbean people there.

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/

Well, it is sometimes hard to forbid natural events. Apparently the location has heavy rains in the winter, as well as earthquakes (today’s two earthquakes were in the same mountain range). The terrain is very uneven. The big buildings were built in depressions, with rubble slopes surrounding...

11A second but no less serious insight from recent studies relates to the fill of the special buildings in the low-lying southeastern part of the site (main excavation area). While previous conclusions postulated an intentional (ritually-motivated) backfilling of these structures at the close of...

The first article offers an explanation that the filling was the result of a landslide :(